Wage Earning and Education eBook

The only trade extension training offered by the public
schools at the present time is that given in the technical
night schools. During the second term of 1915-16
there were 28 persons enrolled in the technical night
school printing class. Of these 28 persons three
were journeymen printers, five described themselves
as “helpers,” 11 were apprentices, one
was employed in the office of a printing establishment,
and eight were engaged in occupations unrelated to
printing. No special provision is made for the
apprentices. The course, which includes hand
composition, a little press work, and lectures on trade
subjects, is planned “to help broaden the shop
training of those working at the trade.”
That it does so to any considerable extent is doubtful.
Too much of the time is devoted to hand work and practice
on operations which the boys can easily learn in the
shops. It is believed that the plan followed
in the evening apprentice course prescribed by the
International Typographical Union, in which no shop
equipment or apparatus is used, is better adapted
to the needs of boys employed in the trade. The
course consists of 46 lessons in English, lettering,
design, color harmony, job composition, and imposition
for machine, and hand folding. The classes are
taught by journeymen teachers. In February 1916
about 100 students were enrolled, of whom approximately
one-third were apprentices and two-thirds journeymen.

CLEVELAND EDUCATION SURVEY REPORTS

These reports can be secured from the Survey Committee
of the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
They will be sent postpaid for 25 cents per volume
with the exception of “Measuring the Work of
the Public Schools” by Judd, “The Cleveland
School Survey” by Ayres, and “Wage Earning
and Education” by Lutz. These three volumes
will be sent for 50 cents each. All of these
reports may be secured at the same rates from the
Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation,
New York City.

Child Accounting in the Public Schools—­Ayres.
Educational Extension—­Perry.
Education through Recreation—­Johnson.
Financing the Public Schools—­Clark.
Health Work in the Public Schools—­Ayres.
Household Arts and School Lunches—­Boughton.
Measuring the Work of the Public Schools—­Judd.
Overcrowded Schools and the Platoon Plan—­Hartwell.
School Buildings and Equipment—­Ayres.
Schools and Classes for Exceptional Children—­Mitchell.
School Organization and Administration—­Ayres.
The Public Library and the Public Schools—­Ayres
and McKinnie.
The School and the Immigrant—­Miller.
The Teaching Staff—­Jessup.
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach—­Bobbitt.
The Cleveland School Survey (Summary)—­Ayres.

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Boys and Girls in Commercial Work—­Stevens.
Department Store Occupations—­O’Leary.
Dressmaking and Millinery—­Bryner.
Railroad and Street Transportation—­Fleming.
The Building Trades—­Shaw.
The Garment Trades—­Bryner.
The Metal Trades—­Lutz.
The Printing Trades—­Shaw.
Wage Earning and Education (Summary)—­Lutz.